Portlet Exam - Basic

• Distinguish between an Application Server and a Portal Server.
• Distinguish between a Portal Server and a Portlet Container.

Write a simple Portlet Class that:

• Implements the Portlet-interface.
• Uses the GenericPortlet as a super class.

Describe the lifecycle of a Portlet, throught the methods of the Portlet-interface.

Identify the correct methods of the GenericPortlet to implement.

• Distinguish between PortletRequest, ActionRequest and RenderRequest.
• Distinguish between PortletResponse, ActionResponse and RenderResponse.
• Write code, which correctly uses the PortletRequestDispatcher.
• Write code, which correctly uses the PortletURL.

• Identify the correct methods to retrieve a PortletSession.
• Identify the correct methods to add, get and remove attributes.
• Distinguish between APPLICATION_SCOPE and PORTLET_SCOPE.

• Identify the correct methods to determine and change the PortletMode and WindowState.
• Identify and disinguish the available PortletMode
• Identify and disinguish the available WindowState

• Distinguish between PortalContext, PortletContext and PortletConfig
• Distinguish between PortletConfig and PortletPreferences.
• Identify the correct methods to read initialization parameters.
• Identify the correct methods to read and write portlet preferences.

• Identify the proper tags from the Portlet Tag Library and describe their purpose.
• Write a correct HTML fragment for a portlet.
  • Identify prohibited HTML-tags within a portlet fragment.
  • Identify the proper style for formatting portlet fragments.

• Distinguish between web.xml and portlet.xml.

Configure the portlet.xml correctly for a basic portlet

• Write a correct <portlet-app> element ...
• Write a correct <portlet> element
• Add a init-param to a portlet-element.

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